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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1939
Page
12
Special programs honor visiting Ohio University mothers with church music sermons and events. Churches collect for Chinese relief fund per Athens County Ministerial Association. Guests will be in Athens for university events and many extra activities are planned this weekend.
A Sunday lesson-sermon in Athens will explore everlasting punishment with the golden text from Genesis 18 25 and James 1 12. It also cites Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health noting that reform comes through understanding there is no real pleasure in evil and that Mind destroys false beliefs of pleasure pain and fear.
Church School opens at 9 30 a m under superintendent John Bailey at Church of God Hocking Street E Nicholas pastor. Morning worship at 10 30 a m with message The Source of Life and Duty. Pastor speaks at Coolville church Sunday 2 30 p m. Young People meet 6 30 p m with Mrs Edgar Burt and Robert Patterson speaking. Evening service 7 30 p m titled A Soul in Darkness Mid week service Wednesday 7 30 p m Working Together for Success.
Church School will be held at Rutland at 9 15 a m Sunday and a worship service at 7 30 p m with Harold DeWolf speaking on Why Worship Ep worth League meets Tuesday evening with Mrs Lawrence Heimer Bethel Sunday preaching at 9 15 a m and Church School at 10 15 Syracuse Church School meets at 9 30 with preaching by pastor L D Phipps at 10 30 His subject An Anchor for the Storm
Sunday School starts at 9:30 a.m. directed by Mr. Dave Jackson. Rev. H. E. Osborn preaches at 10:30 a.m. Young People meet at 6:45 p.m. led by Miss Norma Hartman. Evangelistic service follows at 7:30 p.m. Mid-week prayer meeting is Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Pastor Charles C Stricklin of Albany Baptist Church will speak Sunday on Christ Died for Our Sins. Sunday School led by George Vandike meets at 9 30 a m with BYPU at 8 p m to discuss Christian Ethics. Evangelistic service at 745 p m features The Requisite for Heaven.
Sunday School begins at 9 30 a m with a prayer service at 10 30 a m Christian Endeavor meets at 6 30 p m and preaching at 7 30 p m Rev Ray Huff will speak on Knowing the Unknowable Prayer service and Bible study occur at 7 30 p m Wednesday Choir practice at 7 30 p m Thursday The Sunday School board meets at 7 30 p m Monday at the church.
Reedsville M. E. Church led by A. L. Clary announces services at Joppa Church at 9 30 a m Long Bottom at 11 a m and a regular service at Reedsville at 7 30 p m Special evangelistic meetings at Tuppers Plains begin 7 30 p m Monday Rev Clary will be assisted by other pastors.
Albany M. E. Church will start with Sunday School at 9 30 a m under Mrs Clarence Vorys guidance. The 10 30 church service will feature the message God's Plan For Men. The Albany church quartet will sing at Harrisonville M. E. Sunday evening.
At South Canaan Baptist Church a Bible School session opens at 9 30 a m on Sunday followed by preaching at 10 30 about the topic Neglecting Is Rejecting delivered by Pastor C Stricklin.
Worship will be held at 10 45 a m and 7 30 p m at the Independent Holiness Church Watkins and Poplar Sts Albert Selbee pastor Sunday School at 9 30 a m with Mabel Call superintendent Class and prayer meetings Tuesday and Thursday at 7 30 p m and men's prayer meeting Friday at 7 30 p m
The Salvation Army schedule lists Sunday services including Sunday School at 9 45 and Holiness at 11. Capt C Schofield will speak Sunday night on The Baker with Salvation meeting at 7 45 pm.
A morning service at the Presbyterian Church Sunday at 10 30 will feature a short recital preceding the service by David Flanaga R M Rice and organist Eleanor Stiles. The program titled Finding Contentment will be performed as part of the event.
Bates Church holds weekly prayer services each Thursday at 7 30 p m. Mrs Gladys Meighen leads the class. Sunday School begins at 9 30 a m Sunday followed by prayer at 10 30 a m. Chris Man Endeavor meets at 7 30 Sunday night.
Sunday School services will be held at the Alexander Presbyterian Church on Sunday April 30.
Members of Kappa Phi and Phi Tau Theta plan a Sunday breakfast and church attendance at the First Methodist Church. Dr. William G. Seaman will preach at 10 30 about Education and Life with solos and organ works. Union services, Epworth League events, and fundraisers fill the day as nearby churches join in a Kansas City conference observance.
Bible School will be held at Bradbury Bradford and Dexter Churches of Christ at 9 30 Rev J P Miller to conduct morning services at Bradford sermon concludes five parables of Jesus Love to the Unfortunate read Matthew 25 31 46 before services Bradbury and Bradford reconduct Christian Endeavor at 6 30 Marcella Russel recording secretary to lead Bradbury meeting Preaching at Bradbury 7 30 pm subject Precious Promises of the Gospel Bradbury Church hosts county ministers Monday May 1 at 10 am dinner served by church ladies.
The Plains Church of God led by Rev. N. W. Jenks announces a revival starting Monday May 1 with evangelist Rev. Grace G. Henry of New Philadelphia. Nightly services at 7 30. The Eldest Son s Plea is the Sunday morning message at 10 30. Sunday School at 9 30 led by Clarence Lopez. Young people meet Sunday evening at 6 30 followed by service at 7 30.
Rev Bona Fleming will open a revival at the Athens Church of the Nazarene on May 10 announced by pastor Rev Neal Hutchinson. The preacher will speak on The Persecuted Church Sunday morning and Hell Where When Who Sunday evening at 7 45. Cecil Cox leads Sunday School at 9 30 and Mrs Edith Hutchinson heads the society of young people meeting at seven Sunday evening.
Rev. R. O. Mickles of Indianapolis will preach at 10 30 Sunday morning at the Athens Free Methodist Church Campbell Street and Stimson Avenue The Lifeline Trio will sing Prayer meeting Friday night at 7 30 and Tuesday afternoon at 2 with Bertene Farley as leader Sunday School at 9 30
Rev J N Rice pastor of the Guysville Stewart M E Charge will preach at Can annville 9 30 Sunday morning Stewart 10 45 and Guysville 7 30 Sunday night Sunday school at usual hours Special memorial services at the Guysville Church with Masons as guests Sunday afternoon at 2 30 Public invited There are six tastes alka line bitter salt sour sweet and metallic
Athens County churches are urged to collect offerings on Sunday April 30 for the Church Committee on Chinese Relief. Sponsored by the Athens County Ministerial Association, funds go to the National Committee with all administrative costs covered by church agencies.
Funeral services for Oren Davis of Danville were held at the home. Notices detail relocations, visits, births, and family movements across Langsville, Danville, Middleport, and nearby towns, plus the death of John V. Davis and upcoming services.
Rev. C L Thayer to fill his regular appointment Sunday. Grangers meet Friday. Ohio Valley Grange attendees at Great Bend meeting Wednesday. Mrs Bert Grimm hosts birthday surprise for husband Bert with many friends present. Local families visit and travel between Letart Falls, Gallipolis, Rutland, and Parkersburg as several residents conclude school terms and seek new jobs. William Chapman is critically ill and family called home.
Esther Robinson of Lawrence Massachusetts began crafting bathrobes from Turkish towels four years ago to pass time during long hours. She has produced thousands of robes, including one for President Roosevelt and five for the Dionne quintuplets.
Tonight at nine o clock Schine s Athena Theatre introduces Quik Quiz a new Friday night game. Twenty questions offered with a prize for correct answers and a jackpot for a wrong answer. Patrons answer from their seats via a traveling microphone with no on stage participation.
Fred L. Rowe, minister and longtime editor of The Christian Leader, Cincinnati, will speak at the Church of Christ in Athens at 10:15 for morning worship and 7:30 for the evening service. He will discuss "The College in Relation to the Student's Religious Life." Bible study is at 9:45 and communion at 11:15.
Revival continues at the Morristown Church with Rev. John R. Peel and the Lifeline Trio of Bloomington Ind in charge. Services start at 7 30 nightly and 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Rev. Stanley Jeffery preaches at Central Ave. Methodist Church Sunday at 9 15 on Closed Doors. Evening 7 30 features Jesus in Life Today with Jesus and Sociology. Church board meets Friday May 5 at 7 30 with Rev. Jeffery presiding. Clarks Chapel board meets Tuesday May 2 at 7 30. Services at The Plains Sunday 10 and Clarks Chapel 11 15.
Rev. Leslie D. Wilcox, president of the Ohio Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, will speak at Athens Wesleyan Church Saturday at 7 30 p m and Sunday at 10 30 a m. Sunday School starts 9 30 a m with a special 7 30 p m service led by Rev. E W Cole. The program features choir singing a four girl quartet and a violin solo. Prayer service Thursday 7 30 p m led by C E Knight. Wesleyan prayer band meets Friday 2 p m.
Three musical numbers will spotlight Mother's Week-end at the First Christian Church. Gloria Gammage sings We Praise Thy Glorious Name, Walter Pahner performs Gloria, and Fred Lee Tom offers That Wonderful Mother of Mine. Rev. Neil Crawford delivers a sermon Youth: The Hope of the World. Services begin at 10 15 a m. Esther Class meets next week at 7 30 p m at Mrs H A Elkins Elmwood Place.
Grady Nix and Bunny Nix headline the Globe of Death stunt by Howard Brothers Shows in Athens. The act features two riders looping upside down inside a gold plated steel cage without safety devices. Sponsored in Athens by the Disabled American Veterans, the show runs from April 29 and continues through the following week.
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